Teen Broke Into the "OITNB" Set and Staged an Epic Photo Shoot

She was technically trespassing and you should not try this at home.

While no one dreams of going to prison, every Orange Is the New Black fan would no doubt kill to visit the prison set where the show is filmed. Turns out, getting into Litchfield is not so hard to do — or at least it wasn't. The prison exterior is actually the abandoned Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center in Upstate New York, and it seems the security there is not as tight as its fictional counterpart. (Interiors are shot mostly in Queens, New York.)

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When 19-year-old Samantha Gardella found out the set wasn't too far from her house in Monroe, New York, she walked right in and matched screengrabs from the series with their real locations. She then posted the pictures on her Tumblr account, where they quickly went viral. (Business Insider Australiareported on the story last week.)

Netflix's legal team wasn't totally amused, but they were much nicer about the whole thing than you might expect: They sent Gardella a letter reminding her that the set is private property and urging her to adhere to the "No Trespassing" signs in the future, BuzzFeed reports.

On a lighter note, she was also issued a joke citation, via the series' Twitter account, from Officer Bennett.

Gardellatold BuzzFeed that she wouldn't suggest anybody else attempt her break-in, which is probably wise if you don't want to go to actual prison.

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